To:INESSA ARMAND

Written:Written on January 8, 1917Published:Sent from Zurich to Clarens (Switzerland).

      Printed from the original.

      Published for the first time in the Fourth (Russian) Edition of theCollected Works.Source:Lenin
	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,[1976],

      Moscow,Volume 35,

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Ameeting of the C.C. of the Swiss party was held here on Sunday
(January 7).

Thescoundrel Grimmat the head of all the Rightsgot carried
(against Nobs, Platten, Münzenbergand Name) a decision topostpone, for an indefinite period, the party congress which had
been fixed for February 11, 1917 specially on the question of the war. The
reasons were false. In reality it was his desire for a bloc with the
Rights, with the social-patriots, who threatened to resign if defence of
the fatherland were rejected!! They don’t want to allow the Swiss workers
to decide the question of defence of the fatherland!!!

Name,they say, told Grimm excellently that he was cutting his own
throat as international secretary.

Chairmanof Zimmerwald, etc.—yet such a scoundrel in politics!

Ihave a mind to write an open letter to Charles
				Naine,[1]a member of the International Socialist Commission, to publish it, to call
Grimm a blackguard in it, and to say that I don’t want to be in the
Zimmerwald organisation with such a type, and am sending a reasoned
statement on this to my Central Committee.

It’simportant to “catch” Grimm immediately,en flagrant
			    délit[2]—to

expose him (since “they” will not let anything get into the press), to
tear off his mask.

Ithink this will make Radek + Roland-Holst also saysomethingto Grimm.

Ofcourse,sucha leaflet is not suitable for publishing under
our imprint, it must be published separately, outside our firm.

Very,very best greetings.

Yours,Lenin

[1]Seepresent edition, Vol. 23, pp. 220–28.—Ed.

[2]Red-handed.—Ed.